Haiku by Aju Mukhopadhyay for Int’l Haiku Spring Festival 2010 (8)

On April 20, 2010, Aju Mukhopadhyay, a poet and author, in Pondicherry, India, sent us a comment on the posting ‘International Haiku Spring Festival 2010 ( Akita, Northern Honshu, Japan)’.

He said in his comment as follows:

This is a very nice site which ably shows many areas of Japanese short verse culture.

I would contribute sometimes, if invited.

With best wishes,

Aju Mukhopadhyay

That evening I sent him an e-mail of invitation as follows:

Dear Aju Mukhopadhyay san,

Thank you very much for your nice suggestion!

We sincerely hope that you will contribute your short forms of poetry to our festival from May 12 to 23.

Please send your haiku, senryu, or tanka to me.

Our readers will be pleased to read your poetry, from 10 to 15 pieces of work.

And they will be delighted to know about you through your short self-introduction or some photos of yourself or your favorite places.

We will sincerely appreciate your work of poetry.

We will look forward to your poetry coming.

Best wishes,

Hidenori Hiruta

Now I would like to introduce him to you through his brief biodata

Aju Mukhopadhyay, the poet and author, is a bilingual writer of fiction and essays too. He has written 12 books in Bangla and 14 in English. He has received several poetry awards besides other honours. His works have been recognized by various international institutions including the Sahitya Akademi of India. Besides poetry, essays and fictions, he is a regular contributor of Haiku, Tanka and related works to various magazines and e-zines in India and elsewhere. Conservation of Nature and Environment is the watchword of his life.